TV special contest down to two

Vote in final round of Most Specialest contest

Published 1:11 pm, Wednesday, December 21, 2011

The holidays wouldn't be the same without the beloved Charles M. Schulz classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." ABC

The holidays wouldn't be the same without the beloved Charles M. Schulz classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." ABC

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The Grinch and his canine cohort, Max, plot against the residents of Whoville in the animated special ''Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' Friday on The WB Network.

The Grinch and his canine cohort, Max, plot against the residents of Whoville in the animated special ''Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' Friday on The WB Network.

TV special contest down to two

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And now it has come down to the final two, after more than 2,500 votes were cast during the Final Four round of The Most Specialest Holiday Specials Face-Off Ever.

The champion of the Red Bracket, "A Charlie Brown Christmas," takes on the winner of the Green Bracket, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

Vote now online at the Arts Talk blog at http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts. Hurry up, though, because the poll closes at 2 p.m. Thursday. The victor will then be declared and recognized in Friday's Scene section.

The Final Four round was brutal, with lots of smack talk flying around, or at least getting written on the Arts Talk blog. One reader said Emmet Otter wasn't Final Four material, while another accused Emmet Otter's arch-nemeses, The Riverbottom Nightmare Band, of stuffing the ballot in favor of Charlie Brown.

Brown thumped Emmet Otter, 797-466.

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The closest race was between Rudolph and The Grinch. And even though the Grinch took an early one-vote lead in the first hours of the poll, as the days passed Rudolph shot ahead with his nose so bright. But then came the weekend, and somehow the mean one — Mr. Grinch — retook the lead in a contest that had all the Whos of Whoville on the edges of their seats until the very end (that is, when the poll closed at 3 p.m. Monday).

The miserable Grinch smacked down the misfit Rudolph and his posse, 659-639.

Now you get to decide once and for all which TV special is the Capital Region's favorite, the Most Specialest Holiday Special Ever! Go to http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts to vote. The poll closes at 2 p.m. Thursday.